NBC News reports: The Senate on Saturday is eyeing an afternoon procedural vote to advance President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after two key holdouts changed their vote, but the push appears to be on shaky ground as a handful of Republican senators have warned they will vote against the reconciliation package. Montana Republican Sen. Tim Sheehy threatened to vote against …

The New York Times reports: A government ban on Hungary’s annual Pride parade backfired on Saturday when more than 100,000 people marched through the Hungarian capital, far more than have taken part in previous such events. Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday warned people to stay away from the banned parade, threatening “clear legal consequences” for anyone taking part. Government …

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) privately asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to release funding for a Mercedes-Benz plant to convert to the production of electric vehicles, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post. In a two-page letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Mace asked the administration to disburse roughly $285 million for the …

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports: Johnny Noviello, 49, who co-owned Daytona Auto Sales on Mason Avenue, died June 23 while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a release from the agency. The cause of death is under investigation. Noviello, a Port Orange resident, entered the United States from Canada in 1988 with a legal …

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration announced an end to temporary legal protections for Haitian migrants in the United States, leaving hundreds of thousands of people at risk of deportation. The temporary protected status for Haitian nationals in the United States, granted after a 2010 earthquake near Port-au- Prince caused up to 200,000 deaths, will terminate Sept. 2, the …

“I just can’t accept this is the new normal. So President Trump, his goal in the Senate was to make the big, beautiful bill even better. I’d like it much better. Right now, I’m not going to vote for a motion to proceed today. We just got the bill. I got my first copy about 1.23 in the morning this …

The Hill reports: A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order targeting Susman Godfrey, the law firm that represented Dominion Voting Systems in its lawsuit with Fox News over the network’s coverage of President Trump’s 2020 election fraud claims. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan said the effort violated the Constitution and threatens the independence …

Via press reports: As part of the investigation into the cover-up of President Joe Biden’s mental decline and potentially unauthorized issuance of sweeping pardons and other executive actions, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today sent letters to Karine Jean-Pierre, Ian Sams, Andrew Bates, and Jeff Zients demanding they appear for transcribed interviews. “President …

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration’s plan for mass layoffs at the State Department has left much of the workforce exasperated and embittered, tanking morale as extra demands were made to assist U.S. citizens seeking to flee the Middle East amid Israel’s war with Iran, employees say. Rubio had set a July 1 timeline for the dismissals, but execution …

Agence-France Presse reports: Record-breaking numbers of revellers are expected to turn out on the streets of Budapest on Saturday in defiance of a new law by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling coalition that bans Hungary’s annual Pride celebrations. A record number of people are expected to attend Saturday’s Pride march in the Hungarian capital Budapest, defying a ban that marks …

Reuters reports: U.S. Senate Republicans late Friday released a revised tax and budget bill that would end the $7,500 tax credit on new electric vehicle sales and leases on September 30 as well as the $4,000 tax credit for used EVs. The prior version would have ended the credit for new sales 180 days after the bill was signed into …

Politico reports: Rep. Dusty Johnson will announce a bid for South Dakota governor Monday, according to two people granted anonymity to speak about private conversations. Johnson has served as South Dakota’s sole House representative since 2019. He’s been a key player in major deals on Capitol Hill in recent years as the head of the Main Street Caucus of Republicans. …

The Guardian reports: Eric Trump has hinted that he or another of the Trump family could run for president when his father’s second term in the White House comes to an end. Eric, who is co-executive vice-president of the Trump Organization, said, the road to the White House “would be an easy one” if he decided to follow in his …

The Washington Post reports: Iran nearly succeeded in orchestrating an assassination of former secretary of state Mike Pompeo at a European hotel in 2022, and then-candidate Donald Trump and his campaign were told by intelligence officials last September that the longtime U.S. foe had recruited hit men who were active at the time on American soil, according to a forthcoming …

NOTUS reports: Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska will not seek re-election next year, according to four sources familiar with the situation, dealing a blow to House Republicans who had viewed the five-term incumbent as the party’s best hope for retaining his battleground congressional district. Bacon, a former brigadier general in the Air Force, has represented Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District …

Billboard Magazine reports: Pop superstar Ariana Grande fielded messages from all manner of fans and celebrities on Thursday (June 26) as the singer-actress turned 32 years old. But one of the strangest well wishes came not from a person, but a 1,400-foot-tall building. New York City’s Empire State Building shared a video celebrating the pop singer’s birthday. In the clip, …

NBC News reports: At least two federal prosecutors who worked on cases against Jan. 6 rioters were fired Friday by the Justice Department, according to more than half a dozen current and former officials familiar with the dismissals. A copy of one of the dismissal letters seen by NBC News was signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, notifying the recipient …

Sen. Tim Kaine had a press release ready to go: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement after the Senate failed to advance his war powers resolution to require that any U.S. participation in offensive hostilities against Iran be explicitly authorized by Congress through a declaration …

The Michigan Advance reports: Guitarist and sportsman Ted Nugent had a weapon on his person when he visited the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday, which was initially known to Michigan State Police before they approached him following his testimony to a House committee. That’s according to Department of State Police spokesperson Shanon Banner, who told Michigan Advance in an email that …

CBS News reports: Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia introduced the war powers resolution days before the U.S. bombed three locations central to Iran’s nuclear program, seeking to force the president to get congressional authorization before entering the conflict between Israel and Iran. In an interview last week with CBS News’ Major Garrett, Kaine acknowledged that his resolution could fail …